SPAIN 84 – GREAT BRITAIN 76
The chemistry of the Spanish Mens National Team seems to be a little OUT OF SYNC. On the court, they don’t seem as fluid and lots of mistakes however they managed to pull off a much needed when. Although not convincing, a win is still a win. Their group is not the easiest and tomorrow they will look to take on Slovenia.It will be an interesting match up because Slovenia beat Serbia today which won yesterday over Spain.
Rudy Fernandez came in during the end of the game to knock down an important 3 pointer to make the game more clear for Spain. Up until that they were only up by 2 points and barely. Plus the help of some, traveling calls on England.
Box Score
Pau Gasol led all scorers with 27 points
SPAIN331, 84 (25+19+22): Rubio (5), Navarro (10), Marc Gasol (8), Mumbrú (5),y Pau Gasol (27) -Starters-, Rudy (13), Reyes (4), Raúl (0), Claver (12), Llull (0) y Cabezas (0).
GREAT BRITAIN, 76 (15+20+21) Mensah-Bonsu (6), George (0), Archibald (4), Reinking (10), Boyd (4) -Starters-, Lenzly (14), Achara (7), Freeland (10), Hart (15) y Sullivan (6).
With the marks of top Spanish National teams and figures such as Rafael Nadal who just won the Wimbledon after a 44 year drought for Spanish Players and the Spanish Soccer team who also won the Euro2008 after not winning in the 40s. The national teams for Spain both women and men are hoping to follow in those footsteps in Pekin during the Olympic Summer Basketball Games!